Puri in Orissa, Kolkata and other places in West Bengal celebrated the Rath Yatra today. Thousands of Kolkatans came out on the streets to participate in Rath Yatra. Salt Lake too participated in the festival, like every year. The Rath (The Chariot) was pulled along the Broadway of this township. Many pulled the chariot of Lord Jagannath while the rest stood along the way to catch a glimpse of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra. Traffic was stopped enroute Rath Yatra. Prasad was distributed to the people while moving the the Rath Yatra.
ISKCON, like every year, this year too organized Rath Yatra which started started from the Park Circus Maidan, went through the central Kolkata streets and journey ended at Ganga Sagar Mela ground nearBabughat. The Rath will be parked here till Ulta Rath, on the eighth day, when it will be back to the place of origin. Devotees of the ISKCON from different parts of the world participated in the festival.
Nice post about Jagannath rath yatra.
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